Quilling-machine.



G. ADSIT.

QUILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 21. 19.14.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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G. ADSIT.

QUILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 21. 1914.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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G. ADSITQ QUILLING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED on. 21. 1914.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FECE.

GEORGE ADSIT, 0F PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO BENJAMIN'EASTVTOOD COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF JERSEY.

QUILLINGr-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be itv known that I, GEORGE Ansrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quilling-ll Iachines, of which the followingis a specification.

In a certain class of winding machines there is arranged beside the spindle or the like means on which to wind the package a thread-guiding means which includes a rotary threaded member and a nut engaged with the threading of said member. To form the package either the thread-guiding means or the spindle (compare my Patents Nos. 757,081 and 919,298) isreciprocated lengthwise of the axis of winding so as to place successive layers of the windings around said axis, and the necessary progress of the thread-guiding point to build the package longitudinally is obtained by contact from time to time in the growth of the package of the, threaded member (specifically, a friction wheel forming a part thereof) with the revolving package, which imparts a rotary impulse to the threaded 1nem-.

her and so feeds it along in the nut. In forming a wound package in such machines on a paper tube or the like core or holder lacking an enlargement at the butt against which said member can impinge at the outset of-the operation of forming the pack age, it has been proposed to provide for lateral movability, one with reference to theother, of the spindle or said member and thereby derive from the rotating spindle the rotary impulses which result in the progression of the threaded member, thereby to ef' fect the placement of the first layers in stepped formation until such a nucleus of the windings (which-will form in the completed package its butt or heel) has been produced that thereafter the progress of the threaded member can follow as the result of the impact between the said member and the package incident to the normal or longitudinal thrust of whichever of said devices reciprocates.

, The object of this invention is to provide a mechanism of the kind indicated with a simple, reliable and eflicient means whereby the said shifting may take place in a way calculated to insure not only uniformity of winding as to the butt portions of a run of he. Passa s bu .suqhra pl cement f the;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented AprA, 1916.

Application filed October 21, 1914. Serial No. 867,777.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein.

the invention is illustrated in connection Y with both of the mentioned types of a machine of the class indicated, Figure 1 is a i plan, partly in section, and'Fig. 2 a front; elevation, of a mechanism of the type of that illustrated in my Patent No. 757,081; Fig. 3-is a plan view, partly in section, of a mechanism of the type ofthat illustrated in my Patent No. 919,298; Fig. 4 isa side elevation of the novel means I employ to attain the objects stated and of the spindle and thread-guiding means; Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are views of details of my'impro'vement; and, Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the building of the heel or butt of a package. i

In Figs. 1 and 2, a is the spindle and b the thread-guiding means, the-latter comprising with the rotary threaded rod 0 equipped with a friction wheel (Z.the threadguide rod 6, means f to couple the two rods for movement together lengthwise oft-he winding axis, anda nut g engaging the threading of rod cfand in the present'case being the upper end of a fork h upstanding from the rock-shaft 2'. Here, the spindle a being rotated by the rotary driving medium 7' withwhich it is clutched, and shaft i be ing rocked,eas the result of the recipr'ocaticn of the thread-guiding means. layers of coils of. the threadare wound on'the spindle (that is. on the paper tube A placed thereon), and from time to time in the backward thrusts of the thread-guiding means the rod 0 is given a rotary impulse by contact of its wheel 61 withthe part of the package already .formed, the rod thus progressing forward in the nut g to successively advance the layers. f V

In Fig. 3, Z is the spindle and m the thread-guiding means, the latter comprising with the r'ctary threaded rod a equipped with a friction wheel 0, the thread-guide rod 79, means to couple the two rods for move.

ment together lengthwise of the winding" ing alsoec p ecated, a vely to. .the

Here,

thread-guiding means by the means t on the one hand engaging between two collars u on the spindle and on the other hand pivoted to the post a upstanding from rock-shaft u, layers of coils of thread are wound on the spindle (that is, on the paper tube A placed thereon) substantially the same as in the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and from time to time in the forward thrusts of the spindle the rod n is given a rotary impulse by contact of its wheel 0 with the part of the package already formed, the rod thus progressing forward in the'nut r to successively advance the layers.

Reference may be had, if necessary, to the two patents already named for further explanation of these mechanisms,whose essential features are stated above. For adapting these mechanisms to the winding of a package on a paper tube or the like lacking an enlargement against which the wheel d (or 0) may impinge to effect at the outset the advance of the layers of windings lengthwise of the axis of winding 1 provide the instrumentalities shown in Figs. 4 to;'?, described as follows: The front rail of the frame B has a horizontal slot 1) in which the body part or rod 0 (or n) of the threadguiding device is capable of lateral shifting movement. To said rail is affixed a bracket in having a transverse cylindrical portion or guideway r0 pierced by a horizontal slot 3 registering with the slot 1), and also having a downwardly projecting arm 2 formed with a bearing 2 whose axis is oblique to the axis of winding, being a pin held in the arm' by the set-screw 3. On this hearing is fulcrumed the bifurcated lower end of a shifter lever of shifter 4, the upper end of which is forked and rounded at the front, receiving snugly therein the rod 0 (or n) and being adapted to bear against a collar 5 adjustably fixed on said rrd. The shifter" is'normally pressed outwardly by the spring 6 (Fig. 4), one end of which is engagedwith the arm 2 and the other with the shifter. To preserve the rod 0 (or n) in a definite horizontal plane at its forward end-portion it is journaled in a. sliding plug 7 fitting theguideway as. An adjusting screw 8 tapped into the arm determines the outward limit-of movement of the shifter, which it will be noted involves displacement of, its free or forked end laterallv of the spindle axis, due to the fulcrum being oblique to said axis. The instrumentalities shown in Figs. 4 to 7 are assembled with the two tvpes of mechanism illustrated in Fig. 1 and Figs. 2 and 3 in identically the same way. 7

Operation: Referring, first, to Figs. 1 and 2. The thread guiding means being set full back (so that the nut g is engaged with the threading of rod 0 at the forward limit) and the spindle being rotated and shaft i rocked.

shifter 4: will be oscillated back and forth,

being pressed back by the collar 5 and forward by its spring 6. The result of its backward and forward movement is the shifting toward and from the winding axis of its free or forked end, and consequently V of rod 0, because the fulcrum of said shifter is oblique to the axis of winding. Hence,

wheel cl will from time to time be brought; against the windings on the tube A, and

each such impact resulting in rotation of the rod (Z in nut g the winding point, while travi ersing, will gradually progress forward, so

that the layers of windings become disposed as graphically shown by Fig. 8. The movements of the rod (Z toward the spindle grow which the shifter'derives from the collar 5 grow shorter in extent as the rod 0 pro grosses forward, until the shifter finally ceases tobe actuated by the collar 5 altogether, whereupon further building of the package proceeds inthe regular way, 2'. 6.,

by virtue of the impacts of wheel (Z with the package incident simply to the thrusts the winding point, and also the shifting of.

said rod laterally away from the winding axis, due to the controlling influence of the shifter which'is confined to swing on an axis oblique to the axis of winding, so that the layers of windings become disposed as" represented in Fig. 8. \Vhen the collar 5- finally clears the shifter the building of the. package proceeds in the regular way, i. e.,by'

virtue ofthe impacts of the package with wheel 0 incident to the thrusts lengthwise of the wind ng axis. I

lVhen the summit C of the butt windings has been reached, the shifter should become further ineffective to influence the rod 0 (or n): wherefore the screw 8 is provided for adjustably determining the forward limit of movement of the shifter.

It' will be underst od'that by changing the degree of obliquity of the fulcrum of the shifter to the winding axis. the taper of the butt or heel may be pitched as desired.

Having thus fully described'my invention, what I claim as new and desire to. secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination, with the frame, a rotary means'on which to wind the package, a thread guiding means including a rotary threaded member having contact with and thereby rotated by the rotating packageland 80 less and less in extent because the impulses a. nut engaged with the threading of said member, means to reciprocate one of the first-named means, and means to eifect a relatively lateral movement as between the first-named means and said member including a shifter engaged with one of them and pivoted on an axis oblique to the winding axls.

2. In combination, with the frame, a ro-' tary means on which to wind the package, a thread guiding means including a rotary threaded member having contact with and thereby rotated by the rotating package and a nut engaged with the threading of said member, means to reciprocate one of the first-named means, and means to effect a relatively lateral movement as between the first-named means and said member including a spring-pressed shifter engaged with one of them and pivoted on an axis oblique to the winding axis.

3. In combination, with the frame, a rotary means on which to wind the package, a thread guiding means including a rotary threaded member having contact with and thereby rotated by the rotating package and a nut engaged with the threading of said member, means to reciprocate One of the first-named means, and means to effect a relatively lateral movement as between the first-named means and said member including a shifter engaged with said member and pivoted on an axis oblique t0 the winding axis. V

4. In combination, with the frame, a rotary means on which to wind the package,

a thread-guiding means including a rotary threaded member having contact with and thereby rotated by the rotating package and a nut engaged with the threading of said member, means to reciprocate one ofthe first-named means, and means to effect a V relatively lateral movement as between the mechanism adapted to contact with and to be rotated by therotating package, means to support the spindle, the thread guiding mechanism and the first-named means, and means to effect a relatively lateral movement as between the spindle and thread-guiding mechanism including a shifter engaged with one of them and pivoted on an axis oblique to the winding axis.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE ADSIT. Witnesses:

, JOHN W. STEWARD,

WM. D. BELL.

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